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priority

/prahy-awr-i-tee, -or-/US // praɪˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr- //UK // (praɪˈɒrɪtɪ) //

优先权,优先事项,优先级,优先考虑

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pri·or·i·ties for 2-4.

    • : the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc.
    • : the right to precede others in order, rank, privilege, etc.; precedence.
    • : the right to take precedence in obtaining certain supplies, services, facilities, etc., especially during a shortage.
    • : something given special attention.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : highest or higher in importance, rank, privilege, etc.: a priority task.

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Examples

  • Fixing systemic inequities in voting power should be a high priority for Democrats.

  • The National Academy of Medicine is working on priorities for the first phase.

  • That process—dating back to the earliest days of the company—stands today as a very top priority.

  • For years, San Diego’s biggest priority when it comes to water has been securing its own drought-proof source of it.

  • Another senator backed up the idea that Atkins didn’t ask other lawmakers to make her bill a priority.

  • In fact, in a recent study of their users internationally, it was the lowest priority for most.

  • Current and former intelligence officials have said North Korea has long been a priority target for American spies.

  • It's not necessarily a deal-breaker, but it is kind of a top priority.

  • If we want that to change, then all of us have to encourage our legislators to make funding community policing a priority.

  • “The tribe is really made of people who put travel as a priority in their entire lifestyle,” says Evita.

  • As Donovan described and figured this insect many years before Dr. Leach, his name has the right of priority.

  • I gladly yield to M. Papus the priority in time, which was possible to a well-informed gentleman, at the centre of the conspiracy.

  • Of all the foolish things that scientific men quarrel about, one of the most foolish is the question of priority of discovery.

  • Granted, therefore, that the question of form must take priority, how can it be best attained?

  • His merits in this as in other respects, his various claims to priority of invention, are only too often overlooked.